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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Partnering with National Geographic to show off the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah in full 360 degree glory, Facebook took its first steps into live spherical video. If you have a Samsung Gear VR, you can now connect with your Facebook friends through Oculus Home. ADD-ON DEVICE AIMS TO MAKE HTC VIVE WIRELESS.

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Students Hack Positional Tracking onto Gear VR with SteamVR Tracking

Road to VR

In a reverse engineering exercise, two students at Utah State University have hacked positional tracking onto a Gear VR headset using SteamVR Tracking technology. Mobile VR solutions like Samsung’s Gear VR currently employ rotational tracking only.

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